Ethio-Semitic People Cluster

People Cluster: Ethio-Semitic What is a People Cluster?

Population

53,249,000

3.1% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

Affinity Bloc

Horn of Africa Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Amhara, Ethiopian	28,457,000	23	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	96.6 %	1.2 %	-1 -
	Amhara, Wollo	6,951,000	1	1	100.0 %	6,951,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.9 %	0.2 %	139
	Argobba	242,000	1	1	100.0 %	242,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.6 %	1.4 %	5
	Awi	1,092,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	96.0 %	0.2 %	-1 -
	Bilen	116,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	54.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Dahalik	2,900	1	1	100.0 %	2,900	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Faifi	49,000	1	1	100.0 %	49,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Gurage, Enneqour	218,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	70.0 %	2.0 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Geta / Geto	162,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	4.3 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Gumer	187,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	65.0 %	9.3 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Indegagn	115,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	2.8 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Inor	391,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	40.0 %	7.4 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Izha	198,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	2.3 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Kistane	314,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	3.3 %	-1 -
	Gurage, Muher	205,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	75.0 %	0.5 %	-1 -
	Gurage, West	270,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	12.9 %	-1 -
	Harari	60,000	1	1	100.0 %	60,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.3 %	0.1 %	1
	Kemant	256,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	90.0 %	0.3 %	-1 -
	Kunfal	4,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	100.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Mesqan	483,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	10.0 %	4.7 %	-1 -
	Negedbeher, Weyto	2,400	1	1	100.0 %	2,400	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	4.4 %	0.7 %	1
	Silt'e	1,808,000	1	1	100.0 %	1,808,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	0.1 %	36
	Tigray, Tigrinya	10,076,000	14	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	95.9 %	0.8 %	-1 -
	Tigre, Eritrean	955,000	8	8	100.0 %	955,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	24
	Wolane	138,000	1	1	100.0 %	138,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.4 %	0.1 %	3
	Ximre	463,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	98.0 %	1.0 %	-1 -
	Zay	34,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	3 ●	Christianity	80.0 %	0.7 %	-1 -
Totals:	27 Peoples (across countries)	53,249,000	69	16	23.2 %	10,208,000	19.2 %	●	Christianity	76.5%	1.1%	211

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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